Donovan Mitchell vs. Clifford Ray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clifford Ray and Donovan Mitchell, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Donovan Mitchell played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Clifford Ray, who played 10. Donovan Mitchell had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Clifford Ray had his rookie season in 1971-72. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Donovan Mitchell	Clifford Ray
Season	2017-18	1971-72
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	79	33.4	20.5	0.7	3.1	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.7	7.5	17.2	.437	2.4	7.0	.340	3.0	3.8	.805
Clifford Ray	82	22.8	7.0	-	-	10.6	3.1	-	-	-	3.6	2.7	5.4	.499	-	-	-	1.6	2.7	.615
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	11	37.4	24.4	0.8	5.1	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	2.9	3.2	9.3	22.1	.420	2.3	7.3	.313	3.5	3.9	.907
Clifford Ray	4	40.3	15.3	-	-	16.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	12.8	.529	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.778

Season 3
	Donovan Mitchell	Clifford Ray
Season	2019-20	1973-74
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	69	34.3	24.0	0.8	3.6	4.4	4.3	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.5	8.7	19.4	.449	2.5	6.9	.366	4.0	4.7	.863
Clifford Ray	80	32.9	9.3	3.6	8.7	12.2	3.1	0.7	2.2	-	3.5	3.9	7.7	.511	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.608
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	7	37.7	36.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	4.9	1.0	0.3	4.1	1.6	11.9	22.4	.529	4.7	9.1	.516	7.9	8.3	.948
Clifford Ray	11	32.9	9.7	4.0	7.1	11.1	3.2	1.3	1.9	-	4.1	4.6	9.3	.500	-	-	-	0.5	1.4	.333

Season 4
	Donovan Mitchell	Clifford Ray
Season	2020-21	1974-75
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	53	33.4	26.4	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.2	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.2	9.0	20.6	.438	3.4	8.7	.386	5.0	6.0	.845
Clifford Ray	82	30.7	9.4	3.2	7.5	10.6	2.2	1.2	1.4	-	3.7	3.6	7.0	.522	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	.602
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	10	34.6	32.3	0.3	3.9	4.2	5.5	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.0	10.5	23.5	.447	5.0	11.5	.435	6.3	7.6	.829
Clifford Ray	17	29.1	6.1	3.2	6.5	9.8	2.2	0.8	1.2	-	3.5	2.1	4.1	.522	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.604

Season 5
	Donovan Mitchell	Clifford Ray
Season	2021-22	1975-76
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	67	33.8	25.9	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	3.0	2.4	9.2	20.5	.448	3.5	9.8	.355	4.0	4.7	.853
Clifford Ray	82	26.6	6.9	3.3	6.2	9.5	1.8	1.0	1.0	-	3.0	2.6	4.9	.525	-	-	-	1.7	2.8	.609
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	6	38.2	25.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	5.7	0.7	0.5	2.7	2.3	8.8	22.2	.398	1.7	8.0	.208	6.2	7.0	.881
Clifford Ray	13	29.0	9.1	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	-	3.6	3.7	6.1	.608	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.647

Season 6
	Donovan Mitchell	Clifford Ray
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	68	35.8	28.3	0.9	3.3	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	2.6	2.5	10.0	20.6	.484	3.6	9.3	.386	4.7	5.4	.867
Clifford Ray	77	26.2	8.2	2.6	5.4	8.0	1.5	1.0	1.1	-	3.1	3.4	5.8	.584	-	-	-	1.4	2.6	.528
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	5	41.4	23.2	0.6	4.4	5.0	7.2	2.0	0.6	3.8	2.8	9.0	20.8	.433	2.6	9.0	.289	2.6	3.6	.722
Clifford Ray	10	30.4	10.0	5.4	6.1	11.5	1.5	0.4	0.9	-	3.7	4.2	7.6	.553	-	-	-	1.6	2.8	.571

Season 7
	Donovan Mitchell	Clifford Ray
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	55	35.3	26.6	0.8	4.3	5.1	6.1	1.8	0.5	2.8	2.1	9.1	19.8	.462	3.3	9.0	.368	5.0	5.8	.865
Clifford Ray	79	28.7	8.8	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.9	0.9	1.1	1.9	3.7	3.4	6.0	.571	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.609
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donovan Mitchell	10	38.2	29.6	0.6	4.8	5.4	4.7	1.3	0.3	2.8	2.9	10.7	22.5	.476	2.9	8.2	.354	5.3	6.5	.815
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